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Old 02-27-2003, 10:32 AM
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Stupid TOMY design

Why didn't Tomy solder the steering wires to a little contact, and then a wire from this contact to the pcb?
-RATHER than straight to the pcb from the coil.

They knew that people would modify the cars, and this would save us all from hours of hassle.

Stupid steering wires, they probably were meant to be broken, so we would all have to buy another if it was broke enough!

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Old 02-27-2003, 11:34 AM
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Image a clone doing this. Wouldn't something like this boost their popularity? Especially on these boards.

Whenever I do a PCB swap, I do exactly what you suggest. It's a no brain-er, but is it cost effective? It might require one more person/machine on the assembly line.
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Old 02-27-2003, 11:35 AM
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out of the 10 or so cars ive bought ive only broken one steering wire and that was at the pcb.
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Old 02-27-2003, 12:03 PM
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you know, that's a good idea....... the only issue would be soldering the steering wires to the contact, cuz they're so frickin tiny... of course, im so new with an iron it's scary... so you experienced guys should have no problem with it...
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Old 02-27-2003, 03:17 PM
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... how are you braking these wires i have not broke 1 yet..and im not to steady handed and have no patience with small things like this!..
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Old 02-27-2003, 05:17 PM
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To begin with, adding anything inside would mean increasing the cost making the car, reducing profit.
From an engineering standpoint, it's another failure point too, but blah blah blah, right?

Also, they aren't designed to have us poking our meathooks inside 'em, it just turns out that we do it!

It can always be added by us!

(I'm suprised at how much abuse my wires have taken WITHOUT breaking!)
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Old 02-27-2003, 06:50 PM
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(I'm suprised at how much abuse my wires have taken WITHOUT breaking!)
Same here. Just amazing. Like you said, prob. a cost issue. You can't just be creative or inventive...it's gotta be cheap too. Also likely why the Bits use transistors instead of FETs
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Old 02-27-2003, 06:50 PM
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I'd gladly pay an extra $1 for this feature and I would make that car my #1 mod car. I haven't broke that many hair wires either, but that's cos' I'm cautious. I'd love for a company to take that worry away from mod'ing. Although, I wish they'd just figure out a better way to steer them entirely.
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Old 02-27-2003, 08:10 PM
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you could wire a motor speed controller(pulse width modulator) into the controller.
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Old 02-28-2003, 10:50 AM
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hmm i've messed around inside my bit and my clone quite a bit, and as u guys said, those wires sure can take a lot of beatings before snapping... mine havent broken yet, and im always messing with the battery and front end....
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Old 02-28-2003, 06:24 PM
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I have 7 micro cars 2 old school Motorwoks in the bubble, 2 new Motorwoks in the square box, 2 Microsizers and 1 zip zap. I have mod the hell out of all of them and I have not broke a wire yet, if your trying to change a PCB use desoldering braid it will draw the solder of the PCB and leave it clean and open the little holes for your wires to fit in, I also recommend tweezers for handling the wires. Here is a good page to visit if you do brake a steering wire i found it some wares on the web. http://www.geocities.com/pfabersac/coil.html


LOL I MADE THAT GUIDE!!!!!!!
PRABBIT TOUCHED IT UP A TAD N PUT IT ON HIS SITE!

Brilliant! what did u think of the guide?
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Old 03-01-2003, 05:53 AM
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I've been using a solder sucker for years now. It's a device that draws the molten solder away with a momentary vacuum.
More expensive than braid, but another effective tool.
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my wire in my clone is about to snap, it was squashed between the chassis and the cap that closes the knuckles in.

i guess they werent expecting anybody to mess with the steering, everything else seems to be secure though.
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pacman that truck is sweet...
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